Are you ready to join Saint Patrick in the spiritual discipline of listening?

March 12, 2013
Celtic High Cross

In 1982 I took my first pilgrimage to Iona to experience the new discipline for me of listening for God in one of the holy places.  I got more than I bargained for.  I not only had a very deep experience of what Celtic Christians call “thin places” where the dimension between this world and [...]

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Let the Pie Work

March 9, 2013
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– by Andy Wade – “My grandaddy always said, if you got a problem you can’t solve, it helps to get it out of your head.Pie. It’s good.” Following that advice I would gain a lot of weight! Those words from Men in Black III caught me off guard. But then when I stepped back [...]

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Are you ready for the Lenten discipline of celebrating each step on the way home to join the great family for the homecoming feast?

February 26, 2013
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– by Tom Sine – Last night Christine prepared a magnificent Greek feast for a wonderful group of friends to celebrate another year of growing up and growing older. The feast included roast leg of lamb, oven roasted potatoes, beets and onions and two wonderful salads.  The first salad was comprised of roasted eggplants, red [...]

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Infused with the Breath of God

February 22, 2013
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– by Andy Wade – Peanuts circa 1954, Pig-Pen enters the comic strip in a cloud of dust. We don’t know his real name… “I haven’t got a name… people just call me things.” As the dust rises around him, Pig-Pen proudly announces he’s surrounded by the dust of ancient civilizations. He is as perceptive [...]

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What are you celebrating in the Inauguration of President Barack Obama on this Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day 2013?

January 22, 2013
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– by Tom Sine – I realize those who visit our site come from many different countries.  So I would like to not only ask American Christians but believers from all over the planet to identify what can you celebrate in the Inauguration of President Obama on this Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day in [...]

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Activist Contemplation

January 10, 2013
Christine Sine

– with Christine Sine – “I discovered… the need for strong anchors that would make it possible for me to continue responding now matter how challenging the circumstances around me were…that is how I came into that balance between activism and contemplation, recognizing that it’s only in the place of deep contemplation that we often [...]

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MSA’s Wild Goose Special

August 1, 2012
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You’ve probably already heard that Wild Goose Festival is coming to the Pacific Northwest August 31st through September 2nd. But perhaps you missed the early bird specials or weren’t able to commit that early. Here’s your chance to get 15% off, but act quickly, this offer ends at midnight, August 15th! Just follow this LINK [...]

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Missing Resurrection

April 28, 2012
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– by Andy Wade – How many resurrection moments do we pass by each day, too busy, too distracted, or perhaps more likely, too pre-conditioned not to notice them? God smacked me upside the head with an amazing double rainbow yesterday. The colors were so intense in one of the arcs that I could easily [...]

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Wild about Wild Goose!

April 18, 2012
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On June 21-24, we’re headed to North Carolina to partner with the Wild Goose Festival, a creative gathering at the intersection of justice, spirituality, music and art. Now through this Sunday night, MSA friends can get 15% off any full weekend ticket by registering HERE and entering the code: MUSTARDSEED. At a typical day at [...]

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Children’s Prayer Book

March 16, 2012
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FREE DOWNLOAD! Prayers of a Different Sort: a children’s prayerbook by Ricci Leigh Kilmer From the introduction: PRAYERS THAT MOVE US How do you pray? Do you sit in a particular place? Do you close your eyes? Have you ever hiked while you prayed? Have you danced? Prayer can be very still and peaceful. But [...]

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